Alloway Burns Club Title
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An Extemporaneous Effusion On Being Appointed To The Excise

Searching auld wives' barrels,
Ochon, the day!
That clarty barm should stain my laurels;
But-what'll ye say?
These muvin' things ca'd wives and weans,
Wad muve the very hearts o' stanes!